The Business Times: Port relocations lag wreaking havoc for southern master plan

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• Port relocations lag wreaking havoc for southern master plan
• Safe vegetables for export, unsafe for Vietnamese
• VASEP: DOC’s preliminary tra fish decision “controversial”
• FDI in real estate increases: Fact or virtual capital?
• Danang’’s hotels and resorts see the upturn
• HCMC’s exports fall 3% yoy in 8m/2013
• Vietnam pledges continued efforts to improve investment environment
• VSIP’s construction to kick-start in Quang Ngai
• Hanoi sees change in property market for foreigners
• VN firms eye speedy US free trade deal

Port relocations lag wreaking havoc for southern master plan Posted: 06 Sep 2013 11:53 PM PDT  Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang has urged HCM City and other relevant authorities to speed up relocation of ports along the Sai Gon River. The work is proceeding at a snail’s pace though the deadline is long past. Thang told a recent meeting in Ha Noi that despite the great efforts made by the [...] The post Port relocations lag wreaking havoc for southern master plan appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Safe vegetables for export, unsafe for Vietnamese Posted: 06 Sep 2013 11:51 PM PDT A lot of businessmen have tried to develop safe food distribution chains. However, they meet too many obstacles. Distributing safe food is believed to be a profitable business field in Vietnam, where people all get afraid of unsafe food, i.e. the vegetables with high pesticide residues and the meat with prohibited substances. Housewives are willing [...] The post Safe vegetables for export, unsafe for Vietnamese appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

VASEP: DOC’s preliminary tra fish decision “controversial” Posted: 06 Sep 2013 11:49 PM PDT Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) General Secretary Truong Dinh Hoe has described the US Department of Commerce's preliminary decision on anti-dumping taxes imposed on Vietnamese tra fish exports as not completely objective. VASEP objects to the DOC's use of Indonesia as the benchmark upon which tra fish anti-dumping taxes are calculated. A [...] The post VASEP: DOC's preliminary tra fish decision "controversial" appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

FDI in real estate increases: Fact or virtual capital? Posted: 06 Sep 2013 11:43 PM PDT Vietnam's real estate industry has been struggling with a number of difficulties and the market is very quite but the sector still attracted high inflow of foreign director investments (FDI). Are investments true or virtual? The question was raised by a number of experts and the local Newspaper Dau Tu Tai Chinh ( Finance Investments) [...] The post FDI in real estate increases: Fact or virtual capital? appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Danang’’s hotels and resorts see the upturn Posted: 06 Sep 2013 11:40 PM PDT Danang's hotel and resort market has experienced an upturn thanks to the increasing numbers of tourist arrivals and better services, according to the Alternaty-Alternative Real Estate Company Limited. According to its latest newsletter last week, tourist arrivals had increased every year since 2006, with a compounded annual growth rate of 16.1 per cent. In the [...] The post Danang'’s hotels and resorts see the upturn appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

HCMC’s exports fall 3% yoy in 8m/2013 Posted: 06 Sep 2013 11:36 PM PDT Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) was estimated to have reaped total of $17.18 billion worth of goods and services in the first 8 months of this year, the Customs' portal reported. Major portion of this fall came from the falls of key export items, the customs said, providing that rice export was estimated at $671.6 [...] The post HCMC’s exports fall 3% yoy in 8m/2013 appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Vietnam pledges continued efforts to improve investment environment Posted: 06 Sep 2013 11:34 PM PDT Vietnam will continue to try and improve its business climate and legal framework to benefit foreign investors, Prime Mister Nguyen Tan Dung has said. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 10th ASEAN-China Expo and the 2013 ASEAN-China Business and Investment Summit, which opened Tuesday in Nanning, China, he said his government would create favorable [...] The post Vietnam pledges continued efforts to improve investment environment appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

VSIP’s construction to kick-start in Quang Ngai Posted: 06 Sep 2013 11:32 PM PDT The construction of the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) will commence in the central province of Quang Ngai on September 13. The project, the fifth of its kind in Vietnam, is a joint venture between the province and the Sembcorp Industries, a leading corporation in Singapore. The first was established in the southern province of Binh [...] The post VSIP’s construction to kick-start in Quang Ngai appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Hanoi sees change in property market for foreigners Posted: 06 Sep 2013 11:31 PM PDT Individual landlords for foreign renters in Hanoi are facing harsh competition against a rising numbers of real estate corporations. In the past three years, landlords in Tay Ho District’s Quang An Ward, the hub for foreign renters, are trying to fulfill customer’ demand in order to stay in business. Nguyen Van Binh, from Fair Real [...] The post Hanoi sees change in property market for foreigners appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

VN firms eye speedy US free trade deal Posted: 06 Sep 2013 11:30 PM PDT HA NOI (VNS)— Viet Nam has the chance to reach a free trade agreement with the US before other countries involved in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) due to its competitiveness, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT). In the short and medium terms, Viet Nam has advantages over other partnership countries, such [...] The post VN firms eye speedy US free trade deal appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

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